“And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.”
Then Jesus said to her, your sins are forgiven — the direct declaration to the woman: your sins are forgiven (aphiontai, present tense — they are being forgiven, they stand forgiven). The declaration is the completion of what the anointing expressed — the woman came in the posture of a forgiven person; Jesus declares the forgiveness she has already received.
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